According to Scottish Twitter, it’s #GiesAScotsPhraseDay (give us a Scots phrase) today! And, luckily for me, it’s a Things in Scots post day!
As I can’t think of a complete Scots phrase in Running the Asset (off the top of my), other than stick the heid oan, I’ll share this one with you.
Monie a mickle maks a muckle.
Breaking it down
Monie means many.
Mickle means large, but it can also mean small (yip, it can be confusing sometimes!)
Maks means makes.
Muckle means large… see, confusing!
What the phrase means is many wee things add up to something bigger. Some say that it means every little help. I prefer the first version when I’m facing a massive task *cough* editing. (I’ve used this phrase before when talking about productivity… thanks for the reminder, Brian!)
That’s it for this week
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Thanks for reading. Take care, and I hope to see you next week for more Things in Scots on Fiction Friday!
I am sure that Jez had that as I have seen it before but couldn’t remember what it meant 🙂
When I wrote the post I kept thinking I’d shared it before. It was in an Author Journal update a wee while back. Thanks for the reminder 💖
I know the phrase in equivalent English. No idea where I picked that up!
😀 Just one of those things!
Interesting that different word can mean the same, but can also mean opposites!